Interactive map: Electric vehicle incentives per country in Europe

This map demonstrates the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and the availability of customer incentives to stimulate ECV sales for each of the 28 EU member states plus Norway and Switzerland.

Key observations:

The market share of electrically-chargeable vehicles is only substantial in those countries which offer extensive (fiscal and non-fiscal) incentives.

Sweden, for example, offers many and strong incentives, resulting in a 5.2% market share.

Poland, on the other hand, does not offer any incentives, resulting in a market share that is close to zero (0.2%).

The amount of incentives, and especially their monetary value, differs greatly across Europe.

Many of the new EU member states with a low ECV market share, merely offer an exemption from the annual circulation tax for electric vehicles.

Four EU member states don't offer any incentives at all: Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland.